Photos of diving in the Netherlands, both fresh and salt water
Dutch Underwater Photography Championships, Gold with the team competition! Dutch Underwater Photography Championship 2023, Team competition! A few weeks after the previous award ceremony that had been disappointing for me, things began to itch again. And after some contact with Master Ron Offermans, I decided to participate again anyway, but I wanted to compete in…
The last eggs of the perch Diving in on a Wednesday to watch beard eggs again anyway, always a good idea when the weather is a bit nice! So with Shelley and friends, we went right after work. Filling bottles at Airdiving and building things up. Our friends arrived and, after a pleasant chat, into…
Perch caviar It is time again for new life. During this time there are other fish laying eggs. While in winter it is the snot wolf and the sea turtle, now it is the time for freshwater fish. The bass have been quite busy with the big strands. In Vinkeveen it is full! The funny…
Eggs but no sepia! Just went to Zeeland again today, and again Bergse Diepsluis! Why the same thing again? That’s very simple, the water is getting warmer and then the cuttlefish come! I still want to see that one again, because it’s a tremendously beautiful sight! The males fighting over the ladies, all colors of…
Team meeting with poor visibility Met with the team for the ONK yesterday at Bergse Diepsluis. Weather forecasts ranged all week from a beautiful day to pouring rain. But we persevered anyway. So except for our coach Ron Offermans, we were there, with our supporters. So Sofie, Angelique and Mieke and I. Our team name…
Snotolf with macro Well, a new GoPro and plans for the snails on Dreischor. But we were too slow so we ended up driving to Bergse Diepsluis via Underwater House. Once there, we had a sandwich and changed clothes. The moment we want to climb stairs we get a tip about a beautiful critter on…
Dreischor in April a veritable snail feast! Finally winter seems to be over and beautiful weather is expected! So on the Saturday before Easter we agreed to meet Erik de Boer and off to Dreischor. This dive site is also called the French Cook Reef. In the parking lot, Sandra Boerlage and Paul van der…
Participate with the Open Dutch Championship Underwater Photography Competing in the ONK here in the Netherlands is about the highest you can achieve here. Besides this competition, there is really only international honors to be achieved. I have now competed in the ONK 3 times, in all parts. In 2020 I participated for the first…
Wide-angle at Netherlands Besides my favorite of macro, we also have wide angle, of course. Wide angle: any photo with a lens smaller than 35mm is considered wide angle by the experts. Since I shoot with an Olympus OMD with a crop factor of 2, there are some dings to consider. So if you then…
Ice diving at Vinkeveen In February 2021, we finally had the opportunity to go ice diving. After several days of good frost, there was finally a good layer of ice and it was touch and go. At Scuba Academy in Vinkeveen, the harbor had frozen over nicely and they were able to carve a paak…
